Issue: Public financing

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WVCCE BlogJulie ArcherJuly 18, 2017Attacks on Democracy HaltedDuring the 2017 session, legislators introduced a number of bills that would have negatively affected our electoral process. With your help we were able to halt these attacks on democracy. In a nutshell: a bill to repeal public financing for Supreme Court candidates was defeated, strict voter ID was rejected, and automatic voter registration was saved, while a bill to a that raised contribution limits and created new loopholes to allow more secret money into our elections languished in the final days. MoreIssues: Dark Money, Disclosure, Public financing, Voting Rights, WV Supreme Court

Press ReleaseWVCCEFebruary 7, 2005Coalition Supports Legislative Recommendation for Campaign Finance ReformAt its Legislative Interim meeting in Charleston on Monday (February 7), the Select Committee on Campaign Finance Reform Committee recommended passage a pilot project to provide full public financing to legislative candidates who agree to limit their spending and reject all private donations. This voluntary system is modeled after laws in Maine and Arizona, where it is now the political norm to run for office free of direct dependence on private campaign contributions. MoreIssues: Public financing